POSITION: PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH SEED EDUCATOR
Location : Academic department; Paediatrics and Child Health at Kamuzu University of Health Sciences - Lilongwe
Reporting to: Head of Academic Department
Responsible for : None
Qualifications and Requirements: A General Paediatrician with a Master’s degree in a relevant field, with at least 3 years’ relevant work experience in teaching and education; Registered with relevant professional body.
ABOUT SEED GLOBAL HEALTH
Seed Global Health (Seed) envisions a world where a robust health workforce strengthens every country’s health system to meet its population’s needs. Our vision is a just, equitable, and healthy world. Our mission is to expand access to quality care and improve health outcomes for all. We achieve our mission by partnering deeply to strengthen the health systems in the countries where we work, with a special focus on strengthening the professional health workforce.
We partner and invest deeply in the health workforce and health systems in four countries: Malawi, Sierra Leone, Uganda, and Zambia. We educate and train health workers across a variety of cadres and specialties, strengthen the quality of care in our partner health facilities, and improve the national and global policy environments to support health workers.
Our priorities are driven by the priorities of our partners. As such, our work currently focuses on educating doctors, nurses, and midwives to meet the most critical needs in our partner countries. We work across specialties spanning primary health care, emergency care, and reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health.
For more information, please visit www.seedglobalhealth.org
PARTNERSHIP OVERVIEW
Seed’s partnership with KUHeS Paediatrics and Child Health (PCH) has bolstered specialist training, clinical supervision, and evidence-based paediatric care. Through improved residency coordination, enhanced skills training, and impactful QI initiatives like expanded peritoneal dialysis, the partnership is advancing paediatric capacity while reducing child mortality in Malawi.
PURPOSE OF THE JOB
This role encompasses a blend of academic, clinical, and research responsibilities aimed at strengthening teaching, learning, and service delivery. It involves contributing to curriculum development and the creation of teaching materials, delivering effective instruction, assessment, and supervision to students, and mentoring junior staff. The role also requires engagement in research, consultancies, and outreach, as well as publishing and disseminating findings to advance knowledge. In addition, it entails integrating innovative technologies into teaching, providing clinical service and supervision, representing the department in relevant forums, and ensuring accountability through timely reporting.
KEY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The KUHeS Paediatrics and Child Health (PCH) Seed Educator is part of the KUHES Paediatrics and Child Health Department Faculty. He/She will be responsible for the following:
Teaching and Educational Leadership (40%)
- Participating in the development and review of curriculum; thus including supporting the process of accreditation with the relevant bodies.
- Integrate evidence-based practices, national health priorities and global health competencies into curricula.
- Developing and reviewing teaching and learning materials including modules
- Planning and coordinating course-related meetings and trainings
- Providing effective tutoring , assessment and supervision to students at various levels;
- Developing, adopting and adapting various new technologies and concepts in teaching and learning;
- Preparing and submitting reports.
Clinical Practice and Supervision (40%)
- Provide high-quality clinical care
- Supervise complex cases and emergency procedures with trainees
- Participate in multidisciplinary patient care teams
- Supporting in mentoring assistant lectures;
- Representing the Department in various fora;
- Lead and support clinical staff with quality improvement projects
Research and Scholarly Activities (20%)
- Initiating and undertaking research projects, outreach activities and supporting consultancies;
- Publishing and disseminating research results;
- Supervising student research projects
- Mentor trainees in research methodology and project implementation
The above not withstanding, the KUHeS Seed paediatrics and Child Health Educator will perform any and all other duties as assigned from time to time by the supervisor.
Seed Global Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training
PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH SEED EDUCATOR
POSITION: PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH SEED EDUCATOR
Location : Academic department; Paediatrics and Child Health at Kamuzu University of Health Sciences - Lilongwe
Reporting to: Head of Academic Department
Responsible for : None
Qualifications and Requirements: A General Paediatrician with a Master’s degree in a relevant field, with at least 3 years’ relevant work experience in teaching and education; Registered with relevant professional body.
ABOUT SEED GLOBAL HEALTH
Seed Global Health (Seed) envisions a world where a robust health workforce strengthens every country’s health system to meet its population’s needs. Our vision is a just, equitable, and healthy world. Our mission is to expand access to quality care and improve health outcomes for all. We achieve our mission by partnering deeply to strengthen the health systems in the countries where we work, with a special focus on strengthening the professional health workforce.
We partner and invest deeply in the health workforce and health systems in four countries: Malawi, Sierra Leone, Uganda, and Zambia. We educate and train health workers across a variety of cadres and specialties, strengthen the quality of care in our partner health facilities, and improve the national and global policy environments to support health workers.
Our priorities are driven by the priorities of our partners. As such, our work currently focuses on educating doctors, nurses, and midwives to meet the most critical needs in our partner countries. We work across specialties spanning primary health care, emergency care, and reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health.
For more information, please visit www.seedglobalhealth.org
PARTNERSHIP OVERVIEW
Seed’s partnership with KUHeS Paediatrics and Child Health (PCH) has bolstered specialist training, clinical supervision, and evidence-based paediatric care. Through improved residency coordination, enhanced skills training, and impactful QI initiatives like expanded peritoneal dialysis, the partnership is advancing paediatric capacity while reducing child mortality in Malawi.
PURPOSE OF THE JOB
This role encompasses a blend of academic, clinical, and research responsibilities aimed at strengthening teaching, learning, and service delivery. It involves contributing to curriculum development and the creation of teaching materials, delivering effective instruction, assessment, and supervision to students, and mentoring junior staff. The role also requires engagement in research, consultancies, and outreach, as well as publishing and disseminating findings to advance knowledge. In addition, it entails integrating innovative technologies into teaching, providing clinical service and supervision, representing the department in relevant forums, and ensuring accountability through timely reporting.
KEY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The KUHeS Paediatrics and Child Health (PCH) Seed Educator is part of the KUHES Paediatrics and Child Health Department Faculty. He/She will be responsible for the following:
Teaching and Educational Leadership (40%)
- Participating in the development and review of curriculum; thus including supporting the process of accreditation with the relevant bodies.
- Integrate evidence-based practices, national health priorities and global health competencies into curricula.
- Developing and reviewing teaching and learning materials including modules
- Planning and coordinating course-related meetings and trainings
- Providing effective tutoring , assessment and supervision to students at various levels;
- Developing, adopting and adapting various new technologies and concepts in teaching and learning;
- Preparing and submitting reports.
Clinical Practice and Supervision (40%)
- Provide high-quality clinical care
- Supervise complex cases and emergency procedures with trainees
- Participate in multidisciplinary patient care teams
- Supporting in mentoring assistant lectures;
- Representing the Department in various fora;
- Lead and support clinical staff with quality improvement projects
Research and Scholarly Activities (20%)
- Initiating and undertaking research projects, outreach activities and supporting consultancies;
- Publishing and disseminating research results;
- Supervising student research projects
- Mentor trainees in research methodology and project implementation
The above not withstanding, the KUHeS Seed paediatrics and Child Health Educator will perform any and all other duties as assigned from time to time by the supervisor.
Seed Global Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training